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hence the " nitrite cycle usually takes twice as long as the ammonia cycle" lol....

that's great!! i woke up this morning and my 125's nitrItes are a 0 too!!!!!!!!!!! woohoo!!!!!! 100% agree with OhNeil on the time frame, you waited this long, no reason to rush it now...i want to see that movie too, may go today and check it out. good luck with the tank!! ahhh, the wait is...

not at all but i guess that a certain someone that likes to act like my kindergartner was offended and ran and told mommy on me, lol (received pm from moderator that said i was "circumventing" the "swear filter")..wish some people would grow up...good luck and hope to see ya around!!

and i'm not calling anyone cheap...i live for more information to make me better at whatever i'm doing and who doesn't love free? so hope you didn't take it wrong...sometimes whats funny in my head doesn't read as funny later on...but my malawis getting the pickle was pretty funny!!

thanks, kinda crazy, was like everything i read said if your tap water is bad, get an ro filter, so i go out and get a great deal on a beast of a unit then find out i'm not suppose to use it...makes no sense to me and i hope someone can help...

try not using the soap, lol...that'll save ya a penny or two. look, all i'm saying is why spend ur hard earned money on costly tanks, fish, and equipment and then have some catastrophe because you wanted to clean a 3$ bucket?? i would be almost sure that if someone found you a "how to clean a...

usually takes twice as long for the nitrite eating bacteria to colonize as the ammonia eating bacteria, at least thats been my experience...i'm sure a certain someone will chime in about how i'm wrong though, lmao!! anyway, i've got a crowded 55 malawi mbuna tank now and they're all waiting for...

i would use one too if i couldn't dig out $2.50 from my couch...

so just did another test (api master) on my tap water and here are the results: ammonia: 1-2 ppm nitrite: 5+ ppm nitrate: 5+ ppm here's the question: i use amquel+ as a water conditioner for regular water changes and seem to really have no ill effects on fish (malawi mbuna and a couple...

lol

Not trying to sound like a [moderator edit] but a soapy bucket could kill "all" your 3 dollar fish...do the math...keep all detergent a safe distance from anything and everything around your tanks...good luck!!

"NEVER" use any soap or detergent of any kind... can and will present problems at some point no matter how much you rinse. Also, the bucket is probably ok but you realize that a brand new bucket at the hardware store is only about 2-3 $$ so just be safe and get yourself a new one. Save the...

congrats on not "ruining" your cycle...i've had off the chart nitrite readings for almost 10 days until this morning on my 125, finally showed some reduction. i know how you feel waiting for them to go down but every responsible fishkeeper does it at some point...good luck!!

there's no way 2 tablespoons of ammonia would "ruin" a cycle in 55 gallon tank...don't care what stage of the cycle you're at...period...

i disagree...first tank i did was a 20 long and i put like 2 cups in it...and guess what?? it even had surfactants in it (which at the time i knew nothing about) and the tank cycled in about a month with no water change, as i let it "just sit". the question was "has anyone run into this?" and i...

amquel+...i have high ammonia and chloramines (and nitrates) in my tap and it works wonders...my mbuna's are thriving...have heard prime works equally as well though i have not used it...

just let it be...(assuming u are fishless??). first couple of runs for me i just dumped in out of the bottle as well and everything turned out fine...if there's no fish you cant really OD on ammonia...i think you can slow down the bacteria a little bit but it wont hurt anything....

hi all, Seemed everything i researched for my fishtanks kept ending up here at AA so i figured why not join? Tons of great info and sometimes i feel like i read to much. I have a brand new 125 gal in fishless cycle and can't wait to move my mbuna's from their current 55 gal setup which is nice...